UN Environment, Google, the European Commission and partners aim to “leave no one behind” on World Water Day, launching a groundbreaking data platform to track the world’s water bodies—and countries’ progress in achieving…

Did you know that scientists can modify microorganisms like E. coli by rewriting their genetic code to turn them into tiny living factories that produce biofuel?
Or that Baker’s yeast can also be reprogrammed to derive an…

Many people think of insects as a nuisance. They don’t realize that without them we are doomed.
While there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that there are fewer insects than there used to be—older people will remember that…

As a biodiversity treasure trove and an opportunity for climate action, peatlands need our urgent protection and restoration—which makes a 2018 commitment to protect a massive peatland in Central Africa a huge win for the…

Ascension Island, in the southern Atlantic Ocean, is getting a new marine protected area twice the size of the United Kingdom (UK).
Full protection of 443,000 square kilometres of ocean around the British overseas territory…

“You are stealing our future.”
When Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg first spoke out, she was alone. On Friday, 15 March 2019, she was joined by thousands of young people around the world, as demonstrations gathered…

Many people across the world, including schoolchildren, are demanding bolder action on climate change by governments, businesses and investors. There are tremendous opportunities here to “think beyond, solve different,”…

The movement is on. On the evening of the world’s largest global march of young people calling for climate action, we’re asking youth to talk to power.
The “Speaking Youth to Power” evening dialogue and cocktail during the…

The two Kenyan teenagers stood awkwardly outside the UN Environment headquarters in Nairobi. To a casual observer they might have looked out of place among the suit-wearing, lanyard-bearing delegates at the world’s most…